Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Is research working for you? validating a tool to examine the capacity of health organizations to use research | Implementation Science BioMed Central Research article Open Access Is research working for you validating a tool to examine the capacity of health organizations to use research Anita Kothari 1 Nancy Edwards2 Nadia Hamel3 and Maria Judd4 Address University of Western Ontario Arthur and Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Building Room 222 London Ontario N6A 5B9 Canada 2University of Ottawa 451 Smyth Road Ottawa Ontario K1H 8M5 Canada 3University of Ottawa 1 Stewart Street Ottawa Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada and 4Canadian Health Services Research Foundation 1565 Carling Avenue Suite 700 Ottawa K1Z 8R1 Ontario Email Anita Kothari - akothari@ Nancy Edwards - nedwards@ Nadia Hamel - NadiaH@ Maria Judd - Corresponding author Published 23 July 2009 Received 9 January 2009 Implementation Science 2009 4 46 doi 1748-5908-4-46 Accepted 23 July 2009 This article is available from http content 4 1 46 2009 Kothari et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Is research working for you A self-assessment tool and discussion guide for health services management and policy organizations developed by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation is a tool that can help organizations understand their capacity to acquire assess adapt and apply research. Objectives were to determine whether the tool demonstrated response variability describe how the tool differentiated between organizations that were known to be lower-end or higher-end research users and describe the potential usability of the tool. Methods Thirty-two focus groups were conducted among four sectors of Canadian health organizations. In the first hour of the focus group .
